Big Tech Backlash - Page 66

Twitter suspends Stefanik communications director, who calls decision 'insane'

May 6, 2021

Twitter suspends Stefanik communications director, who calls decision 'insane'

Twitter temporarily suspended the account of communications director for GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik late Wednesday, reinstating it Thursday morning.

Charlie Kirk: Orwell's '1984' 'is the instruction manual' for the left; they're 'criminalizing speech'

May 5, 2021

Charlie Kirk: Orwell's '1984' 'is the instruction manual' for the left; they're 'criminalizing speech'

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk sounded off Wednesday on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight on the Democratic Party and left-wing activists' joint intent to criminalize speech and police free thought

Lara Logan: The ‘tyrannical elite’ are using smart technology to surveil the ‘monitored class’

May 5, 2021

Lara Logan: The ‘tyrannical elite’ are using smart technology to surveil the ‘monitored class’

Fox Nation host Lara Logan told 'Fox News Primetime' Wednesday Big Tech surveillance is 'much worse' than anybody realizes and warned host Pete Hegseth that America is devolving into a ‘monitored class'

Twitter to make it more difficult for users to send 'offensive' tweets 'they might regret later'

May 5, 2021

Twitter to make it more difficult for users to send 'offensive' tweets 'they might regret later'

Twitter is launching a new initiative that will encourage users to think twice before sending out a tweet they 'might regret later,' the platform announced Wednesday

Conservatives must fight Big Tech censorship ‘in the marketplace’: Gowdy

May 5, 2021

Conservatives must fight Big Tech censorship ‘in the marketplace’: Gowdy

Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy said that conservatives have to fight big tech censorship in the marketplace.

Boebert blasts Facebook over continued Trump suspension, calls for antitrust action

May 5, 2021

Boebert blasts Facebook over continued Trump suspension, calls for antitrust action

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., called Wednesday for Facebook to be broken up after the social media giant’s oversight committee affirmed a decision to suspend former President Donald Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

White House backs social media crackdown on 'misinformation' after Trump Facebook ruling

May 5, 2021

White House backs social media crackdown on 'misinformation' after Trump Facebook ruling

The White House on Wednesday said social media companies need to do more to protect the public from “disinformation” and “misinformation,” after Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s ban against former President Trump from using the platform.

Trump Facebook ban could be a fundraising hurdle for possible 2024 campaign, sources say

May 5, 2021

Trump Facebook ban could be a fundraising hurdle for possible 2024 campaign, sources say

The Facebook Oversight Board decision to uphold former President Trump’s ban from the platform could be “devastating” to his digital marketing and fundraising efforts for 2024, a source with Trump’s Facebook strategy told Fox News Wednesday, while others close to the former president said his fundraising track record since being banned from social media sites “suggests otherwise.”

Jonathan Turley: Facebook vs. Trump – Big Tech has allowed for the creation of a state media without the state

May 5, 2021

Jonathan Turley: Facebook vs. Trump – Big Tech has allowed for the creation of a state media without the state

The decision of the Facebook board to uphold the decision to ban former President Donald Trump but reconsider his lifetime ban may seem transparently convenient for many. However, there is precedent.

Trump slams Facebook ban as 'total disgrace,' says Big Tech companies 'must pay a political price'

May 5, 2021

Trump slams Facebook ban as 'total disgrace,' says Big Tech companies 'must pay a political price'

Former President Trump on Wednesday slammed the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold his ban from Facebook and Instagram as a “total disgrace,” saying Big Tech companies “must pay a political price.”